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INFO SHEET - Dietary fibre - Dietary fibre is the portion of fruits, vegetables, nuts and grains we eat that is resistant to digestion and absorption in the small intestine. However, bacteria that live in the large intestine may digest part of it.
Dietary fibre
INFO SHEET - Dietary fibre - Dietary fibre is the portion of fruits, vegetables, nuts and grains we eat that is resistant to digestion and absorption in the small intestine. However, bacteria that live in the large intestine may digest part of it.
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TEACHER RESOURCES: Taewa (Māori potatoes) - Taewa are traditional potato varieties grown by early Māori settlers in New Zealand. Find out how researchers are now developing unique food products from taewa.
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The benefits of taewa
INFO SHEET - The benefits of taewa - Researchers at the Riddet Institute in Palmerston North have discovered that taewa have different attributes to modern potato varieties, which makes them useful for developing new food products.
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Cruciform vegetables
Cruciform vegetables like cabbage have a high phytochemical content. It is estimated that 1 serving of cabbage could supply, in very small amounts, up to 100 different phytochemicals.
INFO SHEET - Functional foods - Functional food is any processed food claimed to have a health-promoting or disease-preventing property that goes beyond the basic macronutrient and micronutrient functions. Common examples are: omega-3 fish oil-enriched breads plant sterol and stannol-enriched margarines yoghurt enriched with probiotic bacteria calcium-enriched milk caffeine-enriched beverages like coffee.
Functional foods
INFO SHEET - Functional foods - Functional food is any processed food claimed to have a health-promoting or disease-preventing property that goes beyond the basic macronutrient and micronutrient functions. Common examples are: omega-3 fish oil-enriched breads plant sterol and stannol-enriched margarines yoghurt enriched with probiotic bacteria calcium-enriched milk caffeine-enriched beverages like coffee.
INFO SHEET - Micronutrients - Micronutrients are substances such as vitamins and minerals that are necessary dietary components. Although needed in only small amounts, they are essential for health and wellbeing. The consequences of their absence are severe, impacting in particular on children’s physical growth, mental development and immune function.
Micronutrients
INFO SHEET - Micronutrients - Micronutrients are substances such as vitamins and minerals that are necessary dietary components. Although needed in only small amounts, they are essential for health and wellbeing. The consequences of their absence are severe, impacting in particular on children’s physical growth, mental development and immune function.
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Roughly 4 out of 5 people who need to travel to work in big cities like Auckland and Christchurch usually drive, according to Census 2018 transport data. Experts say that needs to change. "What we do at the moment is we tend to provide really good roads," University of Canterbury geography professor Simon Kingham said. "In most places we don't provide very good alternatives, and where we do people start changing their behaviour." Kingham, chief science adviser to the Ministry of Transport...
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Health Star Rating
Why the Australasian Health Star Rating needs major changes to make it work — ARTICLE. Unhealthy diets cause multiple physical and mental health problems. To help consumers make healthier choices, Australia and New Zealand introduced the voluntary Health Star Rating (HSR) system in 2014.
Sugary drinks - NZ worse than Canada, UK and Australia, study finds - MSM ARTICLE ON RESEARCH PAPER.
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Sugary drinks - NZ worse than Canada, UK and Australia, study finds - MSM ARTICLE ON RESEARCH PAPER.
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Taputini kūmara
These kūmara, of the taputini variety, are believed to be one of four remaining pre-European varieties. The others are hutihuti, rekamaroa a...
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Taewa are taonga to Māori
VIDEO CLIP: Taewa are taonga to Māori - Taewa are treasured by Māori. Here, Dr Nick Roskruge from Massey University explains why.
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Adolescent diet
In this video clip, Carolyn Cairncross, a nutritionist with the New Zealand Nutrition Foundation, describes some of the key components that should be included in the adolescent diet. She also provides advice on healthy eating practices such as eating plenty of fresh fruit and vegetables, keeping the body in a well hydrated state, not skipping meals and avoiding energy drinks high in caffeine.
NEWS STORY (2012) No nonsense list of foods - Consumers are often confused by misleading dietary claims made by food manufacturers. Researchers from the University of Otago in Christchurch have published a list of 49 foods that they describe as NEEDNT (non-essential, energy dense, nutritionally deficient) foods.
NEWS STORY (2012) No nonsense list of foods - Consumers are often confused by misleading dietary claims made by food manufacturers. Researchers from the University of Otago in Christchurch have published a list of 49 foods that they describe as NEEDNT (non-essential, energy dense, nutritionally deficient) foods.
Foods rich in fibre include whole wheat, bran, fresh or dried fruits and vegetables. Fibre is an important ingredient of a healthy diet.
Food sources rich in fibre
Foods rich in fibre include whole wheat, bran, fresh or dried fruits and vegetables. Fibre is an important ingredient of a healthy diet.